SPSS 17

For some reason SPSS 17 is blocked by the firewall in ESET Smart Security 4.0. SPSS 17 has been working ok for a while, but suddenly it stopped working. If I disable the firewall everything is fine, but that's not a very safe of doing it. How can I configure my setup to fix this?

If the firewall is blocking certain communication, always enable logging of blocked connections in the IDS section of the firewall setup, replicate the problem, disable logging and then check the firewall log for details about blocked connections.

If the firewall is blocking certain communication, always enable logging of blocked connections in the IDS section of the firewall setup, replicate the problem, disable logging and then check the firewall log for details about blocked connections.

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I followed your instructions and logged the events and nothing shows in the log window at all. Have tried all options " Automatic, Learning, Interactive " , no matter what I have tried SPSS 17 will not start unless I disable the Firewall.

I too am having the same problem. I managed to get the logging working and found:
01/12/2009 13:30:31 No usable rule found 192.168.1.100 224.0.0.252 IGMP System
01/12/2009 13:30:31 No usable rule found 192.168.1.100 239.255.255.250 IGMP System

I too am having the same problem. I managed to get the logging working and found:
01/12/2009 13:30:31 No usable rule found 192.168.1.100 224.0.0.252 IGMP System
01/12/2009 13:30:31 No usable rule found 192.168.1.100 239.255.255.250 IGMP System

No matter what I try I can't get the program to launch. Any ideas?

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Do you have the "Allow incoming streams from the Internet via the IGMP protocol" enabled in the IDS setup?

I followed your instructions and logged the events and nothing shows in the log window at all. Have tried all options " Automatic, Learning, Interactive " , no matter what I have tried SPSS 17 will not start unless I disable the Firewall.

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That's weird, something should be logged if a connection is blocked. Try creating a pcap log per the instructions here and let me know when done.

I am having the same exact problem with SPSS. Learning Mode does not do it, setting the entire directory tree as an exclusion does not do it. This program is WIDELY used for statistical data mining, especially n college campuses. The answer would be great. Thanks

Its the same problem with SPSS v17.0 or v18.0. I had comunication with the ESET support team, but they didnt know how to fix it. .
The way I work with SPSS is turning off the firewall while SPSS is starting. Once SPSS is fully working, I turn on the firewall, and I dont have any problem again. However I am agree it should dont be hapening... Please, if somebody have the solution... share it!!!

Actually, I have to leave the eset firewall turned off for all of the time that SPSS is running. If I turn the firewall back on after SPSS has started up, SPSS will run for 3 or 4 minutes before reporting that the SPSS engine has stopped working. After that, the programme doesn't quit but it is impossible to perform any tasks.
A fix would be great. Are eset even working on this?
Cam

I don't have SPSS or the $$$ to buy it, but this sounds suspiciously like a similar problem I had in the Timberline accounting package which uses a Pervasive database for its back end (see this thread). In our case the software started, but then would get booted randomly, usually in the middle of a large read/write operation leading to corrupted financial data (which made me real popular with the accounting dept.)

I never found anything meaningful in the local logs, but I use ESET Remote Administrator and it showed a couple of errors in IDS. Despite suggestions from ESET personnel that disabling certain IDS elements should fix it, I found that only disabling the firewall entirely stopped the problem.

There is clearly something more in the IDS engine than just the items that are switchable in the various setup checkboxes. Whatever it is, ESET doesn't seem to know how to turn that something on or off apart from disabling the entire firewall module. I have begged for an option to absolutely whitelist certain IP addresses or ranges from any firewall/IDS screening, but as usual my pleas are falling on deaf ears. . .